As Fast As They Came, Soulja Boy’s Consoles Are Gone!

It wasn’t already a smart idea to slap his name on some Chinese consoles (marking their prices up in the process…), but the rapper had to stop.

In short: Soulja Boy started selling several consoles/handhelds on his store, but these were all emulation machines packed with ROMs, which immediately put him at risk to get sued by Nintendo, who spent their last year shutting down ROM-sharing websites after getting cease-and-desist orders. Initially, Soulja Boy didn’t seem to take the situation seriously, as he dissed everyone under the sun in several now deleted tweets that were screencapped by DualShockers. We’re not going to quote them, read them:

He had multiple consoles for sale. One of them resembled a Game Boy, another one looked like an Xbox One X, and there was another handheld, plus the Fuze, which is a China-exclusive Android console with a constant Internet connection requirement. The first three consoles emulated games up to the GBA, and they were packed with games, including ones released on the Nintendo platforms… (oh, and the ad lied about them playing Switch games and the like – nice joke there)

Soulja Boy has backed off since, and now, these Chinese consoles aren’t on sale anymore, possibly due to Nintendo threatening him behind the scenes. The joke here is that the rapper got his five minutes of fame again.

Anikó, our news editor and communication manager, is more interested in the business side of the gaming industry. She worked at banks, and she has a vast knowledge of business life. Still, she likes puzzle and story-oriented games, like Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, which is her favourite title. She also played The Sims 3, but after accidentally killing a whole sim family, swore not to play it again. (For our office address, email and phone number check out our IMPRESSUM)